Decision details

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Young People and Families on the Residential Framework Agreement which had been developed with the Local Authorities in Merseyside, Cheshire and Wigan, for the procurement of residential services for looked after children and young people.  The report indicated that the procurement process had been concluded and agreement was sought to award the contracts to the successful providers in the following three service categories:

1.         Mainstream Residential

2.         Specialist/Therapeutic Residential

3.         Respite/Short Breaks.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       it be noted that the robust residential pricing framework had been procured following a fair and transparent tendering process;

(2)       the use of the pricing framework be approved;

(3)       the contracts be awarded to the following providers:

            Mainstream Residential:

            Nugent Care

            Together Trust

            BetterCare Keys Limited

            Supporting Futures

            Considerate Care

            Cherry Cottage

            Building Bridges

            Chamberlain Care

            Milestone Care Homes

Quality Protects Children Limited

Good Foundations

Care Assist Children’s Services

Eastfield Group

SILS Northwest

Care Today (Children’s Services)

ABC Care Limited

Crossways

New Pathways

Teen Works Limited

            Specialist/Therapeutic Residential:

            Elizabeth Marland Children’s Respite Care Limited

            Essandore Glenedge Support Limited

            Birtenshaw

            Nugent Care

Westmount Children’s Home and Paramount Group Limited

            Respite/Short Breaks:

            Nugent Care

            Family Care Associates; and

(4)       it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision, but had not been included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions and consequently, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services) has been consulted under Rule 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, on the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan, because of the timescales involved and the need to agree the new procurement arrangements in collaboration with other Local Authorities as soon as possible.